trans. from the German by Eric Blom, Peter Branscombe, and Jeremy Noble (Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1965). An extensive selection of primary sources .

Mozart and Masonry (New York: Da Capo Press, 1970). Originally published in 1957, this remains the most comprehensive treatment of the subject .

Wolfgang Hildesheimer,

Mozart,

trans. from the German by Marion Faber (New York: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1982). Originally published in Germany in 1977, this is more an extended essay than a traditional biography. The portrait of Mozart as a frivolous boor, albeit a brilliant one, may have partly inspired Shaffer’s

Amadeus .

Amadeus (New York: Harper & Row, 1980). A flop with historians, but a hit with theater and moviegoers .

H. C. Robbins Landon,

1791: Mozart’s Last Year (New York: Schirmer Books, 1988). A lively chronicle of the year that portrays Mozart, partly in response to the Hildesheimer/Shaffer image, as a responsible husband and citizen .

Gernot Gruber,

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